/*
* Licensed under the MIT License
* 
* Copyright (c) 2010 Kay Kreuning
* 
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
* 
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* 
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
* 
* http://code.google.com/p/as3hyvesapi
*/
package nl.hyvesstudio.utils
{
	/**
	 * Utilities for working with <code>Object</code>s.
	 * 
	 * @author Kay Kreuning
	 */
	public class ObjectUtil
	{
		/**
		 * Merge the properties of two <code>Object</code>s into a new <code>Object</code>,
		 * if there are duplicates (by property name), the value of the object1 parameter will be assigned.
		 * 
		 * @param object1 <code>Object</code> which properties will be copied.
		 * @param object2 <code>Object</code> which properties will be copied.
		 * @return A new <code>Object</code> with the combined properties of the two specified <code>Object</code>s.
		 */
		public static function merge(object1:Object, object2:Object):Object {
			var object:Object = new Object();
			
			for (var key:String in object2)
				object[key] = object2[key];
			
			for (key in object1)
				object[key] = object1[key];
			
			return object;
		}
	}
}